Managerial implications

-Ethical Decision Making

In the news ,it mentioned that ,the Qantas Airways ,the airline of the Australia is going to layoff 1750 position in the follow years.However ,at the same the their CEO Alan Joyce had also announced that the Qantas Airways had make 250 million Australian dollars profits in the 2010-2011 season. Compared with the previous year it increased 115%.

Here is related to the Ethical Decision Making concept of the management.

When making an ethical decision, we basically follow four main rules. It including: Utilitarian Rule, Moral Right Rule, Practical Rule and Justice Rule. The decision make by Alan Joyce was simply against the Utilitarian Rule and Justice Rule.

Utilitarian Rule is about did the decision made to produce greatest benefits for the biggest number of people. Which also mean which action results in the most good and least harm? When the layoff decision was made, it also decided to increase the salaries of the senior staff. It did not benefit the most of people in the company. It only focus on the senior staff ‘s benefits. The junior cannot share the profits that they made for the company last year. Even more they are facing the layoff problem. Nearly 2000 position will be cut down. So we can see that the made decision cannot benefit the most people. On the contrary it is harming most of the staff. Therefore we can see that they are not respecting the Utilitarian Rule at all.

Justice Rule is about fair, equitable and impartial manner. When a decision was made, was it benefit or harm among people in a fair way is the most consideration of the Justice Rule. The news mentioned that the Qantas Airways had made 250 million Australian dollars profits last season. It also had 115% increased when comparing the previous year. This surely was the effort of the all company. No matter the